Rehabilitation Task Force

The Stroke Rehabilitation Task Force will focus on the development, education and promotion of post-stroke resources for survivors, families and caregivers.

Priority Areas:

Ensure healthcare professionals who provide stroke rehabilitation services in Nebraska have access to Standardized Assessments (e.g. http://www.rehabmeasures.org) that can be used to: reliably quantify and document a patient’s baseline status, progress and outcome; determine need for additional therapies; support quality improvement (QI) by assessing organizational and provider performance and facilitate team communication.

Develop stroke rehabilitation levels of care that are consistent with the resources available in an organization. The intent of these levels is to develop a statewide system of stroke rehabilitation that increases the likelihood that persons with stroke and their caregivers achieve functional and societal participation goals.

Educate rural healthcare professionals who provide stroke rehabilitation services to use standardized assessments, evidence-based guidelines, quality improvement approaches and an interprofessional team approach when deciding the appropriate level of and site of care for persons with stroke.